The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-06
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. JULY 6. 1887.

Key West Friday: lowing TO the decre5ISee
of yellow fever cases the warning OF th5
yellow flag will after this date be dlspeIlseu
with Physicians in charge OF sucn caseo
are respectfully requested to warn the llui sc
in the house Of their patients that they "ai iii
visitors of the infection. Physicians win
please promptly report as usual All ct'ee"
arising in their practice"
J. w. Hampton, proprietor of the hanp,
ton House, Auburndale, has the largest ana
most fourishing grape vine III the State lor
its age II is of the white malaga variety
and was brought from California and SET
! where it now grows about ffteen IlloLUllS
ago It has made wonderful growth. oev-
eral main branches have sprung lorbn'
which make tho aggregate length loo leet.
| The growth is now as vigorous ana appear
! as incomplete as III the spring.
The first whistle of steamboat ever heard
| that high up on the river awoIe the echoes
along the banks at the ferry landing, Ar
cadia, last Tuesday. The little craft Is
named the Shipman, and Capt. B. f. Hal,
Jr., was her commander. The boat is pro,
| PEELED by an oil engine, has side wheels anu
draws only 16 inches. It was the intention
of the captain to go as far up as Fort MEADE
! If there was sufficient water, and ne SAID ne
would try to get back to Arcadia by July
T. and add to the pleasures of the celebratloh
by giving an excursion on the river.
The great increase in population during
the past few years in st. Augustine Is nav
ing a marked effect on the farming inter-
ests of st. Johns county. A good home de.
mand has been created for all kinds OF
vegetables and farming produce. The
raising of sugar cane has always been
chief source of revenue for st. Johns county
farmers, but the present low prices of sugar
has materially reduced the profit arising
from its sale. Many of the farmers have
this year made arrangements TO sell their
entire crop in the stalk there being great
demand for this edible in st. Augustine.
At. Green Cove Springs, Fla, Sunday
John Mclean was found dead on the yacht
Iris. Several months ago Mclean bought
the vessel and accompanied by his wife
went on a boating trip on the St JohrFs
river and its tributaries. The pair had not
been long on the trip when the wife died.
After the burial Mclean again started out.
Last evening the boat was seen at anchor
in Black creek, and a man went out TO see
Mclean ON business. He rowed alongside
and called to tho man, but received no
answer. He then went aboard and found
Mclean lying in his bunk dead. His posi-
ton and haggard look indicated that he had
starved to death, the suicidal act brought
about through renorse over the death of his
wife, as the boat was in the same place that
it was anchored when she died. The sheriff
has been notified and an inquest will be
held. Mclean was an Irishman of some
little means. He was alone on the boat.
Monday morning a LaVilla officer
severely dubbed colored man on the head,
it is said without any justification whatever
The facts were reported to Mayor BOwden,
who had the entire force summoned, and
notified them that they were not to use the
club only when absolutely necessary or in
self-defense, and that a violation of the order
would entitle the offender to thirty days in
Jail. Monday afternoon Officer Davis at
tempted to arrest a boisterous, drunden
negro named Comortes, who had been in
dulging in profane language. The negro, it
is said, defied the officer to arrest him, and
threatened TO hit him over the head with an
orange stick he had in his hand. The officer,
thinking il was case of Self-defenSe, hit
him. He was afterward taken to the Jail,
where he became insensible. Dr. Romero,
who was summoned, declared it to be a
fracture, but upon closer examination said
it might be a conclusion caused by the
blow. The doctor said that with proper
nursing he may recover. Officer Davis has
been sent to Jail. and will be held to await
the result of the injuries inflicted by the
blows.
Robert Williamson. of the firm of w. R.
Strong & Co., of Sacramento, Cal. is in
Jacksonville Mr. Williamson is in Florida
for the purpose of purchasing nursery stock
which he will ship to California. He has
so far purchased some 10000 young trees,
which will be shipped to him at Sacramento
when the proper season for transplanting
arrives. He says that great many young
fruit trees are now being shipped
or are soon to be shipped from
Florida to California, and besides
his own purchases he can count up about
400 900 trees claimed to have been sold to
nurserymen and others in various parts of
that State, which he says is, in his judg-
ment. more than enough TO supply all de
mands for some time to come. In view of
these facts he did not purchase as extern
sively as it was his purpose when he came,
but has, however, made several very large
conditional purchases. Besides the original
cost of the nursery stock the freight to Sac
ramento will be about 5000 per carload, and
of such trees as he bought Il car will contain
about 10000 Mr. Williamson was unable
to say what effect the interstate commerce
law would have on tho fruit industry of
California.
Rather an unusual interest in the Fourth
of July prevailed at Chattahoochee, Fla
1t was the first old-fashined Fourth of July
celebration that has taken place in Gadsden
county for thirty years or more. Much
credit is due to Hon. A. W Snyder and
his estimable family for their energy and
tact IN getting up ana managing, those pub
lie social entertainments. Prof. Key, of
Mount Pleasant arose and announced the
programme and introduced Capt. c. E. L.
Allison, of Quincy, who read the Declare
ton of Independence in a distinct and
impressive manner after which Hail, Col
umbia', was sang, accompanied by various
instruments. Hon. p r. Stockton, the ora
tor of the day, delivered a most eloquent
Grafton of about forty minutes length. We
were glad that the Fourth of July had come
again after an absence of twenty-seven
years, and that in spite Of all our former
efforts and teachings in trying to have the
old thing buried and forgotten we could not
suppress our patriotism when we come to
think about the old flag and the American
eagle. We just come to the conclusion that
it is Just as much our Fourth of July as it
ever was, and that we have just as much
right to read the Declaration of Independ-
ence and say our little Grafton pieces, and
brag on our daddies as any body else.
State Senator j. w. Whidden is one of
the 'cattle kings of South Florida. His
homo is at Arcadia in DeSoto county, and
the grazing ground for his immense herd of
cattle is the Big Indian prairie, watered by
Fish Eating creek His own herd numbers
about IL, 900 head of cattle, but counting
those of his immediate family and connec-
tions, he may be said to represent the own
ership of upwards of 10000. The market